Noun: guisa
Gender: f
Sample Sentences
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Vio ſaul el albergada de los philiſteos e ouo mẏedo. ⁊ demãdo c̃ſeio al nr̃o ſẽnor. E nol reſpõdio en nulla guẏſa. ([Then] Saul saw the encampment of the Philistines and he was afraid. And he sought the counsel of Our Lord, [but] He did not respond to him in any way.) [c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 32v:]
Nouns inflected like guisa
semana,
sennal,
sangre,
sangne,
siesta,
siella,
çanahoria,
companna,
yantar,
pergamino,
fazienda,
jargonça,
obscuridat,
deuinança,
persona,
culuebra,
grossura,
alcarchofa,
mercadura,
berguença, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From a Germanic root related to *wīsaz (“wise”), perhaps through Gothic *𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰 (*weisa). Cognate with German Weise (“way, manner”). See: German Nouns '
Weise'.
Verbs referencing "guisa"
Spanish Nouns
guisa.
Translations